DD has been in the bubble bath for an hour playing mermaid and we have friends across the road coming over to do some preschool friendly science experiments. And I'm going to order a big pizza for lunch (yay I love afternoon specials and snow and life!)

Today we are watching the pro bowl and its been a real treat. The boys have been in charge of fixing all snacks and getting the family/TV room all set up for the event. My house smells of pepper bellies and cupcakes which is oddly really a delightful smell!

I've been catching up on the internet and basically being very loungish and loving it. My two girls have been putting bows and beads in their, mine and our oldest kitties fur (when he goes he'll be sainted for patience with children). Today is a very cozy happy day.

went for a long walk with my dd strapped into her mei tai, returned library books, then came home and i made chocolate chip cookies. babies probably shouldn't be eating chocolate, but i give her a bite of mine because she was so patient while i was busy. then i wiped up melted chocolate off her face, and now we're listening to music and crawling around the nursery.

my goal for february is to go for a walk EVERY day, no matter what temp/weather. it was -27C with the wind chill, but gloriously sunny... what a good way to spend a couple of hours!

It is currently -29 C (-20 F) which is up from -37 C this morning. I`m despertly trying to get some writing done. Our schools never close so I have to pick up my older child in an hour. My DS is sleepin in my arms. After a long morning of holding hands and walking back and forth across the house.

Today I had a "me" day, which was refreshing even though I spent most of the morning running errands. We are due for another winter storm, which means more snow/ice on top of the piles of snow we already have. It wouldn't be that bad if we had somewhere to PUT it!

So yes I ran errands and made hamburgers and played a lot of pretend (I was a Boxer)

I have an almost five year old and a six year old. Today, I woke up around 5:30. I love to get up early to have quiet all by myself. Around 7, the kids will be up and DH will take care of them while I work out. AT 8 I'll take Ds to school, then come home and get DD. I'm spending an hour at her preschool this morning, volunteering and teaching music.

I'll leave there and go grocery shopping. After that, there's lunch, some cleaning and organizing time at home, and then I'll pick up DD. We'll have some cozy reading time together, and then I'll get her brother off the bus. I have a babysitter coming for him so that I can take DD to a potter painting birthday party. I think that she and I will have dinner there, and ds can have it with the babysitter.

Then home for family movie night. Whew! This day will be a busier than most of our days.

Natalie, sounds like a great day. I love having special mommy time with DD

Today was a good day. I too had a mommy day with DD and we went to (blech) Toys R Us because my FIL gave us hefty gift cards for Christmas. I ended up stocking up on diapers and wipes because I'm exciting like that, and I let DD pick out sticker books and some picture books for my son. We picked up lunch, came home and ate as a family which was nice. The rest of the day was fairly lazy and involved some cooking, some snuggling, some reading, lots of play etc. And I had a doula client tonight so I went out and saw her, stopped at the bookstore and..SOMEONE ASKED ME WHEN I WAS DUE. SHOOT ME! I am 7 months POST PARTUM

I had a good day. It is cold and rainy here, so I didn't do much. DH was off, which is always good. He woke up early with everybody and let me sleep! He took ds to school and when he got back we took dd and did the grocery shopping for the week. On the way, we stopped and got coffee and croissants at my favorite coffe store. (alomond croissants, talk about good)

When we got back, we just hung out while dd napped and then watched tv. When ds got home from school I watched him build a lego set he had gotten for Christmas, then we got take out and that's about it!

I will be so glad when the weather warms up, I live in the south and just do not function well in the cold. All I wanna do is hibernate. I can't imagine living anywhere that had a real winter, I would die.

After checking my email this am, I made breakfast, got the kids dressed and took ds1 to school (I walk him, it's just down the street). Came home with ds2, nursed him, he went to sleep. Watched NCIS while snacking, I'm not feeling so good today. Got ds1 from school, came home and he wanted to have a picnic outside. So we ate and played outside for awhile. Came inside cleaned up a bit (but not enough!). Kids played with the marble maze and did playdough. Started dinner. Nursed ds2 down for another nap, ds1 wanted to take a bubble bath so got that ready. Ate some dinner while ds1 did a craft project. Ds2 woke up and wanted to nurse (a bunch!) so I sat and surfed the net. Now they are playing the wii but are making me watch so I can't go do the mountain of dishes or clean up the glitter all over the table and floor. Need to put away the playdough still too. My DP works out of town all week so it is just me during the week!

it was actually pretty interesting to see first hand how and idea comes in in written form and they take it all the way to a finished product (which in this case was a "worm house" composting thing and a robotic security camera). the boys were fascinated.

i actually feel more accomplished having written it down. it was not an out-of-the-ordinary day yet i usually feel like nothing got done. seeing it in writing felt pretty rewarding! neat thread idea!

Don't you love when they're all asleep! I always think go to sleep, but then I am like - Oh no you won't - this is your time! I love the quiet. I can hear myself think. I can actually remember what it feels like to be "bored" on my own terms.

I had a hard mama inside my head day today, plus I said something to a friend and a mother that came out all wrong and I felt so bad all day for saying it. Anyway, went to grad school and felt better having intelligent writer adult conversations. I love being in my writer world.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. That seems to be the pattern - a good day then a bad day, a good day, then a neutral boring day...and so on. Still getting used to being a new SAHM. I am beginning to think that getting the hang of this new mama thing will never happen. But I am riding the wave...

Jackson's mamma....you just gave me a great idea for the train table in my little girls' room! Chalkboard paint...yay!!! this might be the respite I need for a 2.5 year old who LOVES to draw on it.

Thanks!

worked out beautifully! i did three coats just to be sure (after priming it). right now, it is COVERED in roads, a landing pad, runway, and a bazillion matchbox cars, helicopters, and airplanes. plus blocks for road dividers and buildings and fences! go for it!

Then 2 more friends showed up with their 2 kids, unnanounced. Our houseguests had invited them and forgot to tell us!!! Lol! Luckily I was making a huge pot of soup anyways so they stayed.

Then DS went for a nap and the surprise visiters went home, the rest went to church again. I stayed home and watched the DVD for my new cricut expression! Then tinkered with the machine. We had some dinner and just now I finished making some cookies.

Mom to angel baby, grew wings at 5 weeks in May '07, William, born Dec '08, and another angel who grew wings at 8w4d (lost at 11w) in Oct '10. Rachel born Feb 2012, Another angel Lost Sept '13. New bean due Nov '14!

Yesterday was a fun .Valenetine's Day. I got up early and had some nice time to myself, writing and then poking around MDC.

At 7 the kids got up and discovered their valentine's. I had left a trail of hershey kisses leading to them. DD got earrings and a shirt, and ds got a shirt and a watch. I gave my sweet hubby his valentine, which was a card and a ceramic cup.(We're big coffee drinkers.)

I worked out while dh got the kids their breakfast. When I cam out they had signed me valentine cards! I left to take ds to school, came home, brought dd to preschool. Came home again and did some lesson planning(I teach two music classes a week), laundry, and put together a dinner in the crockpot. Then I left to go volunteer at my son't school.

At 11:30 I picked up my dd from preschool, we came home, ate lunch, and looked at the valentine's that she got at preschool. Then I took her to a playdate, where I enjoyed the company of the mom but spent the next two hours having an allergic reaction to their dog.

Ds came home from school, and we all went for haircuts and new shoes. I hate shoe shopping with a passion when I have both kids with me, but ds's toes were literally about to come out of his shoes, and dd needed new ballet shoes for tommorow. Then, home for dinner.

After dinner we had choclate dipped strawberries that my dh got me for my valentine. Then I played the piano while he got the kids ready for bed. Kids to bed, and then dh and watched the Godfather while drinking wine.

Yesterday I took DD for a walk in the jogging stroller after DS went to school. Then we came home and made lemonade, her new favorite activity. She let me get a little work done after lunch, then we picked up DS from school and the kids rode bikes outside with the neighbor kids for a couple hours. We desperately need to go shopping, so we had mac and cheese for dinner and I worked more while DH did homework, baths, and bed for the kids.